Hasp and latch



C. LMINTON AND C H. HOLMES.

HASP AND LATCH. APPLICATION FILED APR, 5. I920.

1,399,640. r Patented Dec. 6, 1921..

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HASP AND LATCH.

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HASP Ann LATCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

Application filed April 5, 1920. Serial No. 371,328.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CALVIN J MINTON and CHAnLns H. HOLMES, citizens of the United States, residing at Gage, in the county of Ellis and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasps and Latches; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a hasp and latch adapted especially for use on barn doors and for similar purposes, and the invention has for its object the provision of such a device comprising a novel and improved construction and assemblage of parts, which will be comparatively cheap in construction and manufacture, as well as being thoroughly efiicient and practical in use.

Another object is the provision of such a hasp and latch, which is reversible so as to be capable of use at either the right or left hand edge of a door with equal success and propriety.

A further object is the provision of a novel latch carried by the hasp to engage the keeper, and reversible on the hasp so as to be used at either edge of the door.

A still further object is to provide novel means for fasteningthe keeper to the door frame or wall, enabling it to be moved sidewise slightly for the convenient engagement of the hasp with the keeper even though the door may sag or become displaced slightly.

Another object is the'provision of a novel hinge for the hasp, preventing the hasp being loosened or removed unless thehasp-attaching plate is first loosened, and such plate being shielded or guarded by the hasp when the hasp engages the keeper, to avoid the hasp (and keeper also) being detached from the door or door frame.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made with in the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation showing the device with the hasp swung away from the keeper.

Fig. 2 is a similar elevation showing the hasp and latch engaging the keeper.

' Figs. 3 and 4 are section views taken on the respective lines33 and 4E4 of Fig. 2.

Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional details taken on the lines 5-5 and 6-6 of Fig. 1, respectively, showing the hinge.

Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the hasp and latch engaging a staple or secondary keeper for holding the door in open position.'

A hasp-attaching plate or leaf 10 is provided, having apertures for the reception of screws 11 or other securing elements used for fastening said plate to the door 12 adjacent to the free vertical edge thereof, and the hasp 13 is hinged to said plate 10. Thus, one edge of the plate 10 is provided with an outstanding knuckle portion 14:, and the corresponding end of the hasp is bifurcated and formed with the spaced knuckle portions 15 to straddle the portion 14: and bear against the ends thereof. The portions 15 have hinge pins 16 projecting therefrom toward one another, and the portion 14 has recesses or slots 17 in the end portions thereof to receive said pins 16 by a relative lateral movement of the plate 10 and hasp for making the hinge connection. The slots 17 extend to the rear face of the portion 1a, and their openends are closed by the door 12 when the late 10 is fastened thereto, and the portions 15 have a rolling contact with the door, to hold the pins 16 seated against the closed ends of said slots. The hasp 13 is thus mounted for swinging movement, and can not be detached from the plate 10 unless said plate is first loosened, permitting the pins 16 to be moved rearwardly out of the slots '17, with the hasp in open position, as seen in Fig. 1. hinge connection enabling the hasp to be readily applied to and removed from the plate 10 when said plate is loosened, but also provides a hinge connection which can not This not only provides a be opened when the plate 10 is clamped to the door.

The free end of the hasp 13 is enlarged or formed with a head, as at 18, and said head 18 has a slot 19 disposed transversely of the hasp, and the head is further provided with screw threaded apertures 20 be yond the opposite ends of the slot 19 for the reception of a pivot screw 22 of the latch 23. The screw 22 serves as a pivotal mounting for said latch, and the latch has a handle 2 1, which also serves as a weight normally swinging the latch to latching position, to bring the curved hook 25 of the latch across the slot 19. The hasp l3 and its attaching plate 10 are symmetrical about a longitudinal median line, so as to be reversible for use at either the right or the left hand edge of the door, said hasp and plate being turned upside-down end for end when reversed, and the pivot screw 22 being threaded into the lower aperture 21 with the latch at the bottom of the slot 19 and at that side of the hasp opposite to the plate 10 when the hasp is swung toward said plate.

The keeper 26 comprises an attaching plate 27 having apertures near the corners {for the reception of screws 28 or other socuring elements used for fastening said plate to the face of the door .frame or wall 35. This plate 27 has a vertical slot 29 with which the slot 19 registers when the hasp .13 is swung across the edge of the door, as seen in Fig. 2, and the portion of the plate 27 surrounding the slot 29 is bulged or pressed outwardly, forming a rear recess 30. The keeper proper comprises a flat keeper member 31 projecting outwardly through the slot 29, and provided at its rear or inner edge with an elongated base flange 32 having its opposite sides rounded, one to bear against the wall 35 and the other to seat against the rounded or curved walls of the recess 30. This enables the member 31 to swing slightly sidewise, so that said member can pass readily through the slot 19 of the hasp even though the slots 19 and 29 may not register accurately, due to the sagging of the door or other causes. The keeper member 31, however, is securely anchored in place by the plate 27, and can not become detached without removing the plate. The member 31 is inserted outwardly from in rear of the plate 27, and the flange 32 securely anchors said member in place, thus enabling it to be swung slightly for convenience in engaging the hasp with the keeper. A member 31 has upper and lower openings 33, the lower one for the passage of the latch hook 25, when the hasp is moved over the keeper, to hold the door closed, and

the upper opening 33 for the engagement of a padlock for locking the door. The keeper is also reversible, inasmuch as it can be turned upside down.

In latching the door, the hasp is swung over the keeper member 31, and the latch then swung so that the hook 25 passes through the member 31, and when the hasp is held in place by a padlock, it can not be opened. lVhen the hasp is in closed position, it covers the screws of the plates 10 and 27, preventing said plates from being loosened or detached.

The latch can also hold the door open by engaging a staple or keeper 37 on the wall.

Having thus described theinventiomwhat is claimed as new is 1. A hasp having a transverse keeperengaging slot, and a latch pivoted to said hasp below said slot and having a keeperengaging hook and a handle, said handle serving to swing the hook across said slot to engage a keeper and depending from the hasp when the hook is positioned across the slot.

2. A hasp having a transverse keeperengaging slot, and adapted to be reversed with either edge at the top, a latch, and a pivot member for the latch, said hasp having portions at opposite sides of said slot for the engagement of said pivot member in the reversed positions of the hasp.

3. A hasp having a transverse keeperengaging slot and apertures beyond the ends of said slot, said hasp being reversible, a pivot member engageable in either of said apertures according to the position of the hasp, and a latch carried by said pivot memher to engage the keeper, said latch having a hook and a handle to swing by gravity and move the hook across said slot to engage the keeper.

4. A keeper comprising an attaching plate having a slot, the portion of the plate surrounding said slot being bulged outwardly to form a socket, and a flat non-rotatable keeper member extending outwardly through said slot and having an elongated flange seated in said recess and permitting said member to swing sidewise when engaged by a hasp.

1n testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CALVIN J. MINTON. CHARLES H. HOLMES. Witnesses:

J. A. HOLT, L. B. THOMAS. 

